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13th June 2017 Science and Innovation Network

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by Hadas Levmore

Science and Innovation Officer, British Embassy, Israel

Shared Challenges Among Amazing Women in Medicine

Prof. Parveen Kumar with Deputy Ambassador Tony Kay and leading Israeli health professionals

The Science and Innovation Network and British Embassy in Israel had the opportunity to hold a “Women in Medicine” event in honour of a special guest from the UK: Prof. Parveen Kumar, this year’s “Henry Cohen” laureate. This prize is awarded to outstanding health professionals by the Jewish Medical Association in the UK who brings […]

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22nd May 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Pope’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land: bearing fruit

One of the most extraordinary aspects of Pope Francis’s pilgrimage to the Holy Land on 24-26 May is how it has started to bear fruit even before it has begun. Sadly, the lands that he will be visiting – the crucible for some of the most intractable conflicts in human history – are not known […]

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6th March 2014 Geneva, Switzerland

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by Bob Last

Head, UK Mission Political and Human Rights Team

Council at a Crossroads

A lot has happened here since the end of the last session. Starting with the most important, I became a dad again, when my little girl entered the world last November. My son had cleverly timed his birth 3 years ago with the Human Rights Council’s annual day on the rights of the child but […]

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31st October 2013

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Christians and Jews: A Roman Initiative

The Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, Zion Evrony, recently took the initiative to invite diplomatic colleagues and officials of the Holy See to the Great Synagogue of Rome. The synagogue is one of the largest in Europe, built in 1870 between the Tiber and the old Jewish ghetto. The Chief Rabbi of Rome, Dr […]

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30th September 2013 Geneva, Switzerland

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by Bob Last

Head, UK Mission Political and Human Rights Team

Sleepwalking, Stress and Civil Society

Council sessions are bad for your health. So bad, in fact, that I’m thinking of inviting colleagues from the World Health Organisation along to the next session to see if they agree with me that all delegates should be issued with a health warning so that they can take suitable precautions at the outset. The […]

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10th October 2012 Beirut, Lebanon

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by Tom Fletcher

Former British Ambassador to Lebanon

Five Questions

Eisenhower said that if you can’t fix a problem, you should make it bigger. Lebanon is trying to fix a big problem – preventing the violence from Syria tipping it into instability. So far, it is doing well, and as I’ve argued, should not be fatalist about external factors (mindsoupblog). But for a country that […]

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7th September 2012 Beirut, Lebanon

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by Tom Fletcher

Former British Ambassador to Lebanon

In Lebanon’s Hands

Lebanon tends to be high on our August watchlist. This year there was no major single crisis, but five developments raised anxiety. Israel accused Hizballah of involvement in the Bourgas terrorist attack. A pro-Assad former Minister was arrested. Kidnappings returned in a dangerous 48 hours. Some Gulf countries told their nationals to leave. The Tripoli […]

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